Frozen 2: The Deluxe Junior Novelization

by David Blaze, Walt Disney Company (Illustrations)

This deluxe junior novelization retells the exciting story of Disney Frozen 2 --now streaming on Disney+!

Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and produced by Peter Del Vecho, Walt Disney Animation Studios' feature-length follow-up to 2013's Oscar(R)-winning film Frozen is a record-breaking blockbuster. Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff are reprising their roles in an all-new story that sees Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven journey to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond Arendelle. This hardcover deluxe junior novelization is based on Disney Frozen 2 and expands on the film to include deleted and alternate scenes from the script. It's perfect for girls and boys ages 8 to 12.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Audiobook, Young Adult, Juvenile, Fairy Tales, Childrens

208 pages, Hardcover

First published November 22, 2019

About the author

David Blaze is the award-winning author and writer of several highly imaginative children's books, including the popular My Fox series, Epic Kids, and Frozen 2: The Deluxe Junior Novelization. His goal is to create children's books that are fun, hilarious, and honest for kids of all ages and from all backgrounds.

Timothy David and his son Zander Blaze live in Orlando, Florida with their crazy dog (Sapphire) and Blaze's awesome Mom! Timothy David loves to watch funny movies and eat pizza rolls! Zander Blaze loves to play video games and feast on chicken nuggets! He gives his father inspiration every day (with crazy antics and a never-ending smile) for amazing stories. Together, as David Blaze, they share lots of laughs and have lots of fun.

Wow! That’s awesome!

Keep up with David Blaze at www.davidblazebooks.com and follow him on Amazon.com

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

So this was a lot of fun. It’s basically the Frozen 2 movie, but in book form. So if you’ve seen the movie, you pretty much know the plot. I’ll describe it as non spoilery as I can for anyone who hasn’t. This book begins with a flashback to the king of Arendelle telling his daughters about an enchanted forest he visited and the people he met there. It’s basically the story of how he became king after a peaceful celebration went very wrong. Then we fast forward to present day after Elsa has become queen. If you haven’t seen Frozen, I’m sorry but you’ve lived under a rock. She’s being haunted by a beautiful sound calling out to her. She follows the sound to the enchanted forest of her fathers youth. She finds out a ton about herself and her magic. Anna and Kristoff nearly become engaged like a half dozen times. It’s a great time.

Ok so that was probably my worst book synopsis ever, but I also just reminded myself of Olaf. For reasons.

Anyways, I liked where this story provided context for stuff from the movie. There really weren’t any huge revelations. However they add something to the story being told in the movie. I think rewatching after reading this would be really interesting.

I honestly don’t know if I could choose a favorite character. I do know who it wouldn’t be though. Anna and Elsa’s grandfather. Definitely not him.

Personally I listened to the audiobook and I enjoyed my time with it. I didn’t love it though. There were plenty of missed opportunities in this production. The first being that the sound that Elsa hears should’ve been included. Disney made this so there’s no good reason why it couldn’t be included. Another issue I had was the single narrator. He did a good job with what he could do, but this story would’ve benefited so much from multiple narrators.

However, Despite these minor gripes I’m happy I listened to this novelization of Frozen 2. If you’re a fan of the movie or you’ve got kids who love, I’d definitely give this a try.

[Dorian Jandreau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tai knyga pagal antrąjį „Frozen 2“ filmą. Elsa pradeda girdėsi dainuojančios moters balsą, kurio negirdi nei Ana, nei Kristofas. Netrukus jie visi išsiruošia į kelionę paskui balsą. Tačiau jie atsiduria Užkerėtame miške, kur sutinka ne tik Northuldros gentį, bet ir Ugnies bei Oro dvasias. Ugnies dvasia parodo Elsai, kad balsas sklinda iš Šiaurės. Ana nusprendžia vykti kartu su Elsa. Taip jos užtinka sudužusį tėvų laivą, kuriame randa žemėlapį, ant kurio parašyta, kad tėvai ieškojo paaiškinimo apie Elsos galias. Elsa sukuria ledinę valtį Anai ir Olfui, o pati patraukia į Šiaurę, į paslaptingą salą. Deja ji nueina per toli ir sušąla. Tačiau Ana nors ir apimta sielvarto dėl Elsos žūties, įsiutina Žemės milžinus, kurie sugriauna užtvanką, kurios dėka atsitraukia kerai ne tik nuo miško, bet ir nuo Elsos. Ji išskuba gelbėti Arendelės nuo vandens potvynio. Galų gale išgelbėta Arendelė atitenka Anai, kuri tampa jos karaliene, nes Elsa yra penktoji dvasia ir nuo šiol gyvena savo saloje arba Užkerėtame miške....

Filmą ko gero yra matę visi ir žino jo istoriją, tad trumpai viską atpasakojau. Kadangi esu didelis Frozen gerbėjas, kolekcionuoju jų lėles, tad atradęs šią knygą ZLibrary- parsisiunčiau ir ėmiau skaityti. Knyga ir filmas eina koja kojon ir man tai patiko. Negaliu pakęsti kai filmai neseka knygų pėdomis, o čia viskas buvo tip top teisinga.

[Blacky~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un librito entretenido si señor, es lo que es, el libro de la película. Básicamente se cuentan los hechos de frozen 2 pero añadiendo escenas que sólo se encuentran en el libro y que muchas de estas son bastante curiosas.
Un libro corto y bonito para pasar un buen rato~💙

[Esra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filmi izledikten sonra kitabını okuyup çevirmek de çok keyifliydi.
Olaf her zamanki gibi favorim tabii ki :)

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basic Plot: A mysterious voice leads Elsa to discover where her powers came from and save Arendelle from mysterious elemental forces.

This book takes the plot from the very popular movie and turns it into a novel suitable for the middle-to-upper elementary student. The words are manageable, but not dumbed down, and the story sticks to the plot. There aren't really any extra bits or new insights in the novelization, but that's fine. I was curious as to how the author would write around the musical numbers, but whoever it is did an admirable job of making it work. The pacing was good and the short chapters made it very manageable for bedtime reading purposes. I don't think I would rate it 5 stars if I were reading it on my own, but I didn't, so a little context to my rating follows.

Personal story time: My son (ASD) has been resisting transitioning from picture books to chapter books. He's 12 and in 5th grade and it's really time for him to start stepping up his challenge level with reading. I've been pushing graphic novels at him with little success (though he does love the Dog Man books by Dav Pilky). I've tried shorter chapter books and sillier books and seen no change in level of enthusiasm. Then the movie Frozen 2 came out, and my son loves it (and the first one- a stuffed Elsa was one of the few toys he picked out to buy when we went to Disney World). We were poking around a bookstore for possible options and I spotted this sitting on a shelf. I pointed it out to my son and explained that it would tell the story of the movie. He grabbed it, refused to let it go (ok, even I groaned at this joke), and I was more than happy to buy it for him. For the first time in forever (I swear I'll stop) he was excited to read before bed. Instead of fake-yawning and faking tired to stop reading early, he would ask me if he had time to read one more chapter before lights out. Any book that can create that dramatic a shift in reading attitude in my kiddo deserves every star I can award it.

[Gabi’s Book City · Rating 3 out of 5]

This probably isn't the greatest place to put a Frozen 2 review, but, I basically have nowhere else to put it, so, here we go.

WARNING: THIS IS MY MOST SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW YET. THIS WHOLE REVIEW IS JAM-PACKED WITH SPOILERS. IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN FROZEN 2, PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

I just want to get one thing out of the way...I liked Frozen 2. It was beautifully animated, the characters were better than ever, the songs were fantastic, and I appreciate the way it made me think. However, these are the things I’m confused about.

S P O I L E R S

The plot of the movie was advertised as being the quest to find out where Elsa’s powers came from.

So why did that feel like such a SIDE mission?

Am I the only one who noticed that? The whole purpose of the actual movie was to find the voice and discover the truth about the dam.

I had to watch the movie TWICE to actually understand where the powers came from.

I was too focused on the backstories that, frankly, were not explained very well and a bit confusing.

I mean, we know that Elsa’s powers were a gift from the spirits for her mother saving her father, but WHY would the spirits give her ice powers? Sure, ice powers are awesome and cool (hahaha get it I'm so funnyyy) But what purpose do they serve? More importantly, HOW does ice connect the other elements together?! Ice is literally a BI-PRODUCT of water, fire and ice tend to not work well together, ice can be made by...cold wind, I guess? And ice is on...the earth.

That's all I got.

Another thing a wanna talk about is the thing with ”the voice”. The voice is voiced by Aurora, a lovely Norwegian singer. What I'm confused about is the things she has said about this voice. In this video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_8BW-5...
Aurora says that the person she plays is not a person. But...isn't the voice literally young Iduna calling out to Gale??!! It's in the Show Yourself song! And the beginning of that video says Aurora’s the voice of the north wind! What does that even mean?! Is IDUNA the north wind?! I don't get it!! Oh wait...in All Is Found, she says ”where the north wind meets the sea” and Ahtohallan (where young Iduna’s voice is coming from) is in the sea...I think I just answered my own question...

No, I'm still confused about something else!!!

Why did the voice only start calling during Frozen 2?And if the spirits knew there was something wrong, why didn't they just destroy the dam themselves? I get that they're rocks, a salamander, literal wind and a horse, but they're also magical. Why do they need the voice of a dead woman as a child to call them to Ahtohallan??

Staying on the subject of the spirits, the Nokk leaves a really bad taste in my mouth now that I've watched the movie several times. When Anna and Elsa find the ship their parents were on, Olaf states how the ship couldn't have gotten past the barrier of the mist unless no one was on it. I was really confused by that the first time I saw Frozen 2, but I think I get it now. The parents were sailing on the Dark Sea, rather than the Southern Sea. The Nokk lives in the Dark Sea. This means that the Nokk had to have dragged everyone who was on the ship off and proceed to drown them. Including Agnarr and Iduna. That's the only reason the ship got past the mist!

And it’s a surprisingly dark concept in a Disney movie for kids.

Additionally, I'm confused by the timeline of Agnarr and Iduna’s relationship. Did they meet AFTER the Northuldrans and Arendellians battled? That's the only thing that makes sense to me. Because if they knew each other before the battle, Agnarr would have known that Iduna was Northuldran. He would have recognized her in Arendelle. SPEAKING OF THE NORTHULDRA PEOPLE, why didn’t they just make some of them white? Some Sámi people (who the Northuldrans are based on) are white. If the animators did this, it would have made a lot more sense as to why Iduna grew up to be a pasty white Barbie doll. The whole concept of Iduna actually being indigenous felt very rushed and unplanned.

And Iduna...darling...why are you so DUMB?! Did you really not put two and two together and conclude that Elsa’s magic had something to do with the Enchanted Forest?! You knew there was a fifth spirit, which is symbolized by a freaking SNOWFLAKE. WHY did you not further explain the Forest?! Don’t you think that would’ve been nifty information to know during Elsa’s freak out moments during Do You Want To Build A Snowman?! Here’s the thing, I know that the reason they went on that ship was to find the source of Elsa’s magic. But WHY did it take them TEN YEARS TO DO THAT?!?!

Also, Honeymaren said that the little snowflake in the middle of the symbol on Iduna’s scarf was the fifth spirit. But Iduna had this scarf since she was a child, and how did they KNOW there was a fifth spirit decades before Elsa, you know, the FIFTH SPIRIT, was born??! Are they gonna bring some destiny/prophecy nonsense into the Frozen universe?

Let's get on to the ending.

When I first saw the movie, I loathed the ending with a burning, fiery passion. I am sick and tired of this stupid stupid stupid stupid STUPID STUPID STUPID MOVIE TREND WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTERS SPLIT UP AT THE END. WHO IS ASKING FOR THIS? WHO LIKES THESE STUPID ENDINGS? WHO?!?! AND DONT TELL ME, “oH, iT’s JuSt ReAliStIc”...THIS IS A DISNEY MOVIE, KAREN. WE’RE NOT HERE TO WATCH SOMETHING REALISTIC IN A MOVIE ABOUT A CHICK WITH ICE POWERS, YOU STUPID FU-

Ahem.

Rant over.

Then I saw the film again, and the ending began to grow on me. Elsa says that a bridge has two sides. Elsa being the side of the magical world and Anna being the side of the regular world. BUT THEN

I SAW THE MOVIE FOR THE THIRD TIME

AND GUESS WHAT

I’m still iffy on that ending!

Wasn’t the whole point of the first movie Elsa not being defined by her magic? And I get it, in the first movie she was depressed and scared of herself. Now she knows that her powers are something beautiful and nothing to be afraid of, but...she’s still a human being...right? She’s still defined by the love that she has for Anna! And now that they’re separated, I just feel like they’ll...grow apart...

Holy crap!

THIS MOVIE LEFT ME WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A FROZEN 3, AND IF I HAVE TO WAIT SIX MORE FRICKING YEARS, I WILL SUE.

[Jenna D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

5-stars to the movie! As with most Disney film novelizations, the story is good, the writing leaves a bit to be desired. Regardless, it is one of the more enjoyable novelizations I’ve read in sometime. Perhaps the plot and strong characters help. Perhaps I’m just biased.

[Carolyn]

DNF at page 65 - 31%

I wanted to read this to have Frozen 2 make more sense to me, but I couldn't get through it. Taking a film and translating it to a novel is not an easy task, and one this author just isn't capable of. I know it's hard to translate the musical aspects, when the characters are singing. This just felt clunky and wooden. Some of the sentences were literally lines from the songs, but they read really, really awkwardly. Like, "she was going to go into the unknown," or "she was here for a reason, maybe the reason she was born," from Show Yourself. The songs are such an integral part to the story, that it loses a lot of its magic when they aren't included.

ALSO, because I skipped ahead to read the Show Yourself/Ahtohallan part of the story (I really am still confused) there was a point where Elsa steps through the ice to see what really happened with her grandfather, and THE BOOK REFERRED TO HER AS ANNA!!! This is the paragraph:

Her grandfather and the soldier walked right through the glacier wall in front of them. Mattias stayed where he stood and just watched them. (what an awkward sentence) Anna desperately wanted to follow to see what happened next. She threw out her hands and used her power to cut a large hole in the ice wall.

WHAT YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE BOOK AND AN ACTUAL REFERENCE MOVIE YOU'RE LITERALLY COPYING FROM AND YOU STILL GET THIS WRONG!!!?? How!!!!!!!!! If I had actually read up this far I would have given up immediately. I hate it when you find errors in books but this is insane. How did a) this even get written, and b) MAKE IT PAST EDITORS!? I have no words. What a ridiculous, infuriating error.

The movie to novel adaptation really didn't work for me, but if I had finished this I would have given it a low rating because of the error and then the really cringy song lyrics into actual sentences. This did not help me understand Elsa being the fifth spirit, and is honestly a waste of reading time. Just watch the movie, this does nothing to add to the story whatsoever.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I actually gave up on this book and the audiobook from the libby app. I didn't like the narrator's voice. And suddenly thought, why am I reading this book when I have the movie on Disney Plus?

So I put the book in the bag of books to return to the library tomorrow. I watched the movie.

I kind of think I still like the first movie better. Everything seemed bigger, more dramatic, more epic.

This sequel is kind of quiet and reflective. Elsa still does her badass ice power moves but her songs are more thoughtful, namely "Show yourself".

I liked how woman power/girl power drives everything in this movie. I liked that there wasn't a douchey guy character.

Still very disney, with empowering Disney song moments - all the mains including Kristoff got a song and that was super cool.

The animation was so beautiful, especially the water horse. Incredible that Disney can animate an animal....made of water.

[Inês · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Frozen fan who loved the movie, I knew I had to own and read this book. ❄️ I really enjoyed reading it, it was very entertaining. ✨ I like to start with the negatives and finish with the positives, so... Negative point for me is the over simplified writing, sometimes it feels it’s just reporting exactly what happens in the movie without adding much more depth to it, like describing emotions in more detail. I felt the song moments were a missing opportunity in this, since it says almost exactly what is in the lyrics, which doesn’t always work in book format and feels rushed, and I wanted it to go deeper in emotions. But I also understand that this is a Junior Novelization so I knew I couldn’t expect something much complex, and I’m happy with it for what it is. 😊
The most positive thing was some little scenes that weren’t included in the movie and I got to experience them in the books. Some of them are just delicious for a fan like me, and allowed some characters to be more explored. Plus, the book is really beautiful! 💕Overall, it’s a good book. I loved to relive the moments of my favourite movie and I recommend it if you’re a fan like me. 💙❄️

[Rachael Annette Vance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book I listened to on Audible with my daughter. We definitely will listen to again.

[Pau Espinoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Her magic was, and always had been, a gift"

Antes de comenzar, debo decir que el libro lo leí en inglés ya que compre esta edición que es la deluxe. Sé que actualmente está traducido, pero no sé si es la traducción directa de la edición deluxe ya que el libro se llama Frozen 2: Bosque Encantado. Tiene la trama de la película, pero como dije no estoy segura de si es la traducción directa del que yo leí.

Hablemos del libro y lo advierto de antemano, voy a hacer cierta comparación con la película, ya que como sabrán es el libro de la película.

Personalmente, compre el libro cuando tras ver la película sentí que había cosas que estaban faltando y cosas que no tenían mucho sentido, en este segundo caso se debía a que cuando salieron los trailer la película aún se encontraba en fase de desarrollo por tanto lo normal era que en la edición final muchas cosas cambiarán, una de ellas era el por qué Anna estaba tan preocupada por Elsa a lo largo de la historia y esto se debe a que en uno de los trailer, se veía una conversación de Grand Pabbie y Anna en el cual él le decía a la chica que si Elsa no tenía cuidado sería consumida por la magia, lo que desataba total preocupación por parte de la menor, pero en la edición final, Grand Pabbie le dice a Anna que temía que el poder de Elsa no fuera suficiente para poder proteger a todos y he ahí que para mí haya habido una ligera incoherencia porque no tenía sentido que Anna tuviera miedo de que Elsa estuviera en peligro, o por lo menos al nivel en que Anna estaba realmente preocupada y asustada de que algo fuera a sucederle a su hermana cuando se suponía que no era así o ella no podía intuir que eso sucedería si técnicamente Elsa no estaba en peligro.

Sin embargo, en el libro la escena es exactamente igual, aunque este hecho no que podemos descubrir nuevas escenas que no salieron en la película y escenas que tiene mucho sentido o mucho más peso para el proyecto final que es el que vimos en pantalla.

Quiero comenzar con Olaf. En la película, cuando vemos a Olaf podemos ver una clara madurez en el persona que no se llega a explicar, pero podemos inferir que tras tres años, personaje había cambiado, sin embargo en el libro se nos explica que Olaf había aprendido a leer y estaba leyendo mucho de filosofía hasta el punto en que se había planteado buscar el significado de la vida. Este detalle me parece importante para el desarrollo del personaje, porque cuando vemos a Olaf por primera vez lo vemos como el personaje cómico de la trama, aquel que nunca sabe nada o que es muy leal pese a su personalidad, por lo que cuando vemos la segunda película y nos encontramos con este cambio casi abrumador para un personaje como tal me parece indispensable que se nos explique qué sucede con él para así poder comprenderlo y no sentirnos a la deriva.

Otra cosa que me llamó mucho la atención de la película es que se sentía muy dispersa, ya que por un lado tenemos a Elsa tratando de seguir una voz que la llama, a Anna preocupada por ella, a Olaf en su mundo y a Kristoff intentando pedir matrimonio a Anna.

Si les soy sincera, la idea de que Kristoff se pasara toda la película intentando pedirle matrimonio a Anna no me gusto en nada. Me parecía muy molesto y que para que al final la propuesta de matrimonio fuera de lo más simple, tampoco era que quisiera un espectaculo, pero a mí parecer se sintió casi fuera de lugar, ya que era tan fácil como plantear la idea del matrimonio al final de la película y que no se tocara al nivel que se toco hasta el final. Sin embargo, cuando leí le libro debo decir que mi perspectiva hacia este hecho cambio radicalmente. No me gusto la idea de la canción en medio del problema principal de la trama, pero la forma en cómo se describió a Kristoff y el amor que siente por Anna, a su vez el cómo se siente Anna hacia Kristoff sin duda se me hizo muy genial y no se sintió fuera de lugar con la trama, al contrario en cómo lo percibí con la película.

Por otro lado, hablando de las escenas que están en el libro pero no en la película, tenemos escenas de mucho peso que no fueron vistas en la película y que para mí no hay explicación o justificacion. Por un parte, la escena en la que Elsa queda congelada y como consecuencia de su "muerte" Olaf se desvanece tiene mucho más peso en el libro que en la película ya que en el libro tenemos una conversación mucho más elaborada entre Olaf y Anna y aparte tenemos una escena previa a su "muerte" en donde ambos se prometen Anna le promete a Olaf no abandonarle y en el momento en que Olaf se desvenece, él se disculpa con ella por no haberle hecho la misma promesa. Siento que este peso fue bastante increíble para la escena y más todavía porque la escena siguiente muestra como una de las mayores creaciones de Elsa se destruye frente a los ojos de un espectador (no voy a decir qué creación o quién lo vio).

También tenemos escenas que recuerdo haber visto en uno de los comic, pero en el libro se retrato muy diferente a lo que se vio en el comic, aún así esa escena es muy buena y muy interesante que habla mucho sobre los poderes de Elsa y cómo funcionan incluso cuando ella está durmiendo.

Aparte la escena de los Northuldras... En la película nunca nos dicen como los Arendelianos y los Northuldras conviven juntos después de quedar encerrados en el bosque y aunque en el libro no es mucho el detalle de cómo conviven, si vemos como realizan una tregua hasta haber salido del bosque.

Es cierto que el libro narra exactamente igual que como narra la película, esto es debio a que es el guión de la película, pero una parte de mí estaba esperando que hubiera un poco más desarrollo. Me hubiera gustado ver que la trama de la película se expandía a más de 200 páginas (que como dije, es el guión de la película, por ende no hay descripciones detalladas de los sentimientos o acciones de los personajes). Aún así, creo que el libro tiene una escala ligeramente mayor a la película y que si hay personas que les gustaría ver un poco más de detalles de Frozen II, pueden leer el libro. Si no quieren más, pues como dije, no hay mucha diferencia entre uno y el otro, pero en mi caso personal el libro me parece mucho mejor que la película ya que entrega más detalles de la trama. Hubiera sido mejor si tuviera más descripciones y que se tratase de un libro completo en lugar del guion, pero bueno...

Ya para terminar, quiero hablar del tema de las canciones.

Cuando leí el libro se me hizo muy difícil leer ciertas partes; estoy hablando de las escenas dónde los personajes cantan. Cuando comence a leer las escenas me era imposible no tararear o cantar la canción, principalmente porque el libro te describe las escenas de la canción y a su vez te habla de la canción en sí. En ningún momento el personaje canta (creo recordar), pero eso no implica que la escena no pueda recordarte la canción en especial porque los titulos de las canciones están plasmados en la escena. No sé si esto fue coincidencia por haber visto la película primero y después leer el libro o sí realmente tenía ese proposito dicha escena, pero debo decir que senti cierta ambivalencia hasta este hecho. Por un lado me encanto poder leer la escena y sentir que el lstaba escuchando la canción, de hecho las canciones es dónde más descripciones hay en comparación a todo el libro, pero por otro lado lo odie porque me distraía mucho de la lectura.

No es malo, realmente no es malo, e incluso me parece algo interesante y llamativo que destaca bastante bien.

En esta review he comparado el libro y la película, no a gran detalle (porque sino... lo digo enserio, si lo hubiera hecho no habría terminado nunca esta review porque sí hay diferencias destacables como una de mis frases favorita de la película pero que no sale en el libro) porque una parte de mí asumió que siendo como es de conocida la saga, se me hace muy raro que haya personas que lean el libro primero antes de ver la película. Yo soy de las personas que siempre lee los libros antes de las películas, pero cuando yo la vi la película (que no la vi en su estreno) no supe de este libro o de esta edición más bien hasta unos días después de haberla visto.

Si hablamos del libro como tal, como si vieramos un libro independiente, creo que la trama es muy interesante y que no es lo que estabamos ver. Al principio pensé que hubiera sido una trama mejor que hubiera habido un villano que quisiera tener el control de los espíritus, pero conversandolo con otras personas me di cuenta de que como tal la trama es perfecta y no necesita de un villano para destacar, de hecho es justamente esa la razón por la cual la trama destaca: por no tener un villano y aún así haber creado un buen desarrollo. Lo que me gusto más es que no se enfocara en la magia de Elsa, de hecho en toda la trama, nos damos cuenta de que la explicación de por qué Elsa tiene poderes se da en ¿cuánto, tres dialogos? La cosa es que el hecho de que los poderes de Elsa y el por qué los tiene no sea el principal tema de la trama, en realidad es un tema muy secundario, me parece muy bueno y muy buen acierto ya que se siente natural a la hora de leer la historia (o de verla) puesto que concuerda y encaja muy bien.

En cuanto al libro como tal, la edición me pareció preciosa. La portada es hardcover, que es tapa dura, y viene con una covertura de papel que se desprende. Es bonita, la portada hardcover es muy simple: es negra con un copo de nieve en el centro y el titulo, aunque me hubiera gustado que el diseño tuviera reflejo como lo tiene la cobertura, pero no es así. El interior de las hojas también es muy bonito. Físicamente, el libro me ha encantado, no tiene muchas ilustraciones, pero sí tiene unas pequeñas al comienzo de cada capítulo y una imagen al comienzó del libro también.

Me ha gustado el libro y mi recomendación es: si quieres ver más de Frozen II, saber detalles que no se explican en la película es una buena opción leerlo. Puede que no te cambie la vida o que sientas que no vale la pena, pero eso no cambia que poder leer más detalles o ver el peso real que debían tener ciertas escenas es maravilloso.

Lo único que me habría gustado es que tuviera más descripción de la trama para que se sintiera más completa y no sentir que estoy leyendo el guión de la película.

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Frozen II: The Deluxe Junior Novelization is a novelized adaptation of the recent Disney movie Frozen II, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2013 smash success Frozen. The sequel tells the story of Elsa (along with Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven) venturing to the legendary Enchanted Forest in search of a siren song that has been calling to her. I overall feel pleased with this adaptation, which was adapted by David Blaze, as it accurately retells the story without changing anything, and it even adds a few details in here and there. It especially handles the latter half of the story well, as the first half is honestly rather slow. There is, however, one aspect of the book that disappoints me. The book is promoted as a special edition deluxe novelization and boasts of expanding the story with extra scenes and more content, but it doesn't feature as much extra content as that had led me to believe. Only one scene here or there is slightly expanded upon; it's mostly just a direct adaptation of the movie, and I had been hoping for a lot more content. Elizabeth Rudnick's novel A Frozen Heart, for example, expands on the first Frozen movie by providing an entirely new side-story, going into a lot more detail about Hans' origin and his motivations, and I guess that I had been hoping for something more like that. I also caught an error on page 159; Blaze refers to Elsa as Anna when he definitely meant Elsa. If you are a huge fan of the Frozen franchise, then I would recommend this adaptation to you, especially if you aren't going to be disappointed by it being a direct adaptation without much additional content. If, however, you're hoping for more backstory and a lot more detail, then I would pass on this one and hope that Elizabeth Rudnick follows up on A Frozen Heart.

[Miss Anthrope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Firstly, I'm about 3 times the age of the target audience, so someone from the intended age group would probably have a different opinion.
This is a 3 star novelisation of a 5 star movie. Given that Frozen 2 is a musical, the book contains a lot of "prose summaries" of the songs, which I found rather clunky, especially the first couple of songs. I think that they should have included the complete lyrics to the lullaby "All is Found"
instead, because the lyrics are really important to the plot later on, so it feels like something is missing.
I found some of the dialogue changes confusing, especially the fact that for some reason Ryder is introduced twice: once by the narration, and once by Honeymaren, instead of introducing himself to Kristoff as he does in the movie. And Yelena responds to Kristoff's "proposal" with: "this is so sudden" instead of her deadpan "no" from the movie, which I thought didn't reflect her true character and also wasn't as funny as the movie.
And towards the end, Elsa is referred to as "the Snow Queen" after her transformation, which felt out of place because she has gone beyond that now.
My edition had loads of mistakes that made it past the editors, for instance Yelena is misspelled as Yelana throughout, Anna and Elsa's names are swapped at one point, and many other minor spelling errors.
Just watch the movie instead!

[Aida Tuya Blanco · Rating 4 out of 5]

En este libro nos cuenta la historia de Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Sven y Olaf que juntos se embarcan en una gran aventura para descubrir el origen de la magia de Elsa.
Este libro nos cuenta la película de Frozen 2 en formato novela y a mí personalmente me ha gustado mucho la historia y me ha gustado poder leerla, aparte de tener más contenido extra con respecto a la película, es un libro muy adictivo y fácil de leer.
La historia en general me ha encantado sobretodo los momentos de Elsa y Anna y también las apariciones de Olaf.
En general lo recomiendo a quién les guste Frozen y sobretodo a quién le haya gustado la película.

[Diego K. I. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es difícil hacer una reseña de un libro que tengo tan presente como película. En casi todo momento sentía que de algo me perdía, y extrañaba la música, tal vez leerlo en inglés fue otro bache, me costó, pero entendí la gran mayoría. También es un logro poder terminarlo y sentir que no me perdí de mucho, creo que en eso sí me ayudo a ver visto la película primero.

Disfruté mucho el cambio, es un libro algo rápido, pero tiene más detalles sobre ciertos momentos y le dan un poco más de profundidad a la historia, además de otorgarle más emoción. Transmite un poquito más.

[Alexandra Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a very fast reading book. The narrative is quite fluid but I was hoping to find more information apart from Yelana and Mattias, Iduna and Agnar, as well as more explained Elsa’s memories in the dome, because I’m obsessed with the sisters. With the movie soundtrack I definately cried with Anna and Olaf moment and felt amused when Elsa got to Ahtohallan and is proclamed the Snow Queen. The details like the paper cover, the hardcover edition, the photos and the poster make the book a super nice gift. It made me laugh to remember Olaf's dialogues and their occurrences because they are very well reflected in the novel, although it is not everything I had imagined sadly.

[Allison Carlisle · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you watched the movie, then you really don't have to read the book, but if you read the book you don't really have to watch the movie. The only reason I didn't really enjoy it was because I watched the movie first, so reading it felt irrelevant to me. :/ I would of preferred to have just enjoyed reading it.

[Avatar Eddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prácticamente es el script de la película y los diálogos son tal cual los de las conversaciones y canciones. Es excelente si quieres introducir a los chiquitines a la lectura.
Lo único adicional es el conflicto y hasta cierto punto complicidad que había entre los líderes de los clanes del bosque prohibido.

[Stephen Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOL, the funniest translation from the Danish book "The Snow Queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Published in Denmark, and translated in Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish in Scandinavia!!!!! Also translated worldwide!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author did a wonderful job of describing what was going on, but the visuals in the movie are so beautiful.

[Judaline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the movie so much that I had to pick up the novelization. Read it while listening to the movie score and soundtrack and it was delightful! This was wonderful and I love being able to experience this beautiful, magical adventure again and again while waiting for the DVD/digital!

[Shelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid retelling with lackluster writing. Olaf acting out the first movie was hilarious.

[Kiri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh this made me feel as many things as the movie diiiiiiiiiiiiid. Someone save meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this out loud to Ella but might as well add it to my list bc I don't have time to read as much this year. I liked the plot and felt it was a better story than the original.

[Proud]

This book was very good.

[Yuen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fear is what can’t be trusted.

[Jorge Moralejo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantasía de libro. Tiene escenas que no estan en la peli o algunas un poco diferentes. Increible.

[AurorainBookland · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars because the lyrics for the lullaby that Anna and Elsa's mother sings to them are not in the text.

[Hikaruazuma1 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it 😍